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Secular Congress and communal BJP Sunday, February 15, 2009 Aakar Patel In India, secularism means inclusion: respect for all faiths. The traditional meaning of the word secular is not understood, because for Indians faith -- dharm -- can never have menace. The world understands...

Minority Sikhs in other States living in penury: Minority Commission Pioneer News Service - Chandigarh - Tuesday, July 01, 2008 Harcharan Singh Josh, member minority commission of India on Monday said that Sikhs in some other States like Madhya Pardesh particularly in Tilangana and...

India's "Taliban" may hurt BJP Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:01pm IST By Matthias Williams NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An attack by Hindu hardliners on women in a pub in Mangalore is threatening to dent the reputation of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) before elections due by May. Police...

Sikh youth arrested for helping Lashkar militants 24 Jan 2009, 1418 hrs IST, PTI SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested a Sikh youth in North Kashmir for allegedly allowing Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives to use his house as make-shift ammunition dump in exchange...

Maoists gun down contractor Staff Reporter BERHAMPUR: Maoists murdered a 33-year-old youth in broad daylight in Narayanpatna block of Koraput district on Saturday morning. With this murder, the naxals tried to ascertain their presence and strength in the Narayanpatna area which is now...

Russia indefinitely puts off delivery of nuke submarines to India 21 Jan 2009, 1612 hrs IST, PTI MOSCOW: In what could be a major set back for India's defence preparedness, Russia has 'indefinitely' postponed the delivery of "Akula-II' class Nerpa nuclear submarine, citing that sea trials...

BrahMos missile test fails after early 'success' 21 Jan 2009, 0000 hrs IST, Rajat Pandit, TNN NEW DELHI: The Army's endeavour to induct the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile as "a precision-strike weapon" took a hit on Tuesday, with the missile failing to achieve laid-down...

Malegaon blast: ATS chargesheet says Purohit main conspirator 20 Jan 2009, 1921 hrs IST, PTI MUMBAI: Nearly four months after the blast at Malegaon, police have filed a chargesheet that named Army officer Lt Col Prasad Purohit as the main conspirator who provided the explosives, and...

IAF cites religion to ban beard for Muslims New Delhi: Defending an Indian Air Force policy that forbids Muslim personnel recruited after 2002 from keeping a beard, the Union Government has told the Supreme Court that its policies are “secular in nature” and that only those Air Force...

Orissa temple purified after low caste minister visit Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:16pm IST India (Reuters) - Hindu priests in Orissa are under investigation for conducting a purification ritual soon after a minister belonging to a lower caste visited a famous temple, officials said on Friday...

Indian FM is quite famous the world over now, not for good reasons but for his flip flops. Recently, while standing with British FM Milliband, he said that a transparent trial of Bombay suspects even in Pakistan will be acceptable to hidustan. But on the very next day, he did another typical...

Guys, while we concentrate a lot on our insurgencies and hindustani members contribute "positively" in those discussion. Here is a thread to show you the true picture just across the border where it is supposedly all milk and honey. Well, clearly not.... Just read this article and few others...

In the aftermath of mumbai incident, there were speculations that hindu terrorists are getting ready to run another pogrom in hindustan. Fortunately that has not happened which is a positive developement. What do you think can be the reasons for the Modi and his cohort to remain silent and not...

We inherited the British Parliamentary system of one man one vote. Having clung enthusiastically to this system for so long and having seen so many governments come and go, one is but compelled to think whether this is the system we want. Just look at the literacy rate and imagine that we leave...

http://http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\03\story_3-11-2008_pg1_7 RAND is an influential US based think tank and their views are taken seriously in the power corridors of US both military and civilian. Although, it seems highly unlikely that US will initiate a war with an...